A few of the updates users will see in the new version of Instagram, which the company plans to announce in a blog post later today:

The biggest change to the app comes with the in-app camera software, used by those who take a photo within the app and then post it to the social network (instead of selecting from the camera roll). The camera page is re-designed with new graphics and an Instagram-styled shutter button, and previews from the camera roll will now appear below the shutter. Users can add a grid on top of the screen while snapping the photos, as well as add a grid while scaling and cropping in the editing process.

Users will see updates to the tilt-shift feature (the optional blur that makes your photos look extra-artsy) that will improve the blur quality on full-sized photos. In other words, the blur will supposedly look more natural, and Instagram declared: “With this update the blur you see is now the blur you’ll get!” The tilt-shift does appear strangely sometimes when you see photos in full view (especially on Facebook or on Instagram’s website), so this could create an improved experience.

Filtered photos will now be saved to a separate folder called “Instagram” on iOS, rather than the general camera roll.

The app will see a redesigned newsfeed with larger photos that are “easier to digest” when scrolling through.

The company has added a new filter called Willow, which it describes as: “a monochrome filter with subtle purple tones and a translucent glowing white border.” Instagram doesn’t add new photo filters often, and since people often have favorites (in fact, your favorite filter can say a lot about you as a person) it’s interesting to note.

Here the company shows the updated tilt-shift in action on the right-hand side: